Frances – Tudor Countess by Tony Riches

Frances – Tudor Countess

The Elizabethan Series Book 5

by Tony Riches.

“A thrilling portrait of a remarkable woman who witnessed the key events
of Elizabethan England.”

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Frances Walsingham is the only surviving child of Queen Elizabeth’s ‘spymaster’ Sir Francis Walsingham. Better educated than most men, her father arranges her marriage to warrior poet Sir Philip Sidney.

After Philip Sidney is killed in battle, Frances becomes Countess of Essex, and is banished from court after her husband Sir Robert Devereaux’s rebellion against the queen.

Can she marry for love, if it means turning her back on her faith and all she knows?

Based on extensive historical research, this is the story of Frances, Countess of Essex and Clanricarde.

A Word from the Author

The queen’s spymaster Sir Francis Walsingham is dying, and turns to the one person he can rely on, his only surviving daughter, Frances. She works in her father’s study at Walsingham House, in the shadow of the Tower of London, decoding the latest letters of intelligence from his agents. The work takes patience, yet her ability to memorise and recall the detail of codes means she can decipher faster than her father. Frances finds herself at the centre of the key events of the Elizabethan era, but can she overcome tragedy and find love as she makes her own way in this dangerous and complex world?

(Tony Riches, 2024)